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[+] 16 points 3 years ago (5 children)
  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You may not like it, but that is still better than the one on the left.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I am doing this to my lawn. Lots of "weeds" but I see some flower. I am not sure if this is good enough to help the local evosystem, maybe I should plant more local flowering plants.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    It probably helps more than you realize. I'll never say no to someone asking if they should plant flowers though!

    Look up the weeds using Google Lens. A lot of them are only "weeds" because they aren't "turf", you know? Like, I understand calling poison ivy a weed (despite it being native to my area) because it can cause a lot of pain. I understand calling gripeweed a weed because it really spreads like wildfire. (I believe it is not technically invasive yet.) But Virginia Buttonweed? Come on! It's gorgeous! It's not hurting anyone.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)
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    Not when you have small children…or a bee allergy.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Have your small children go out and play with the snakes and bugs

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    or this

    The one on the right is not a common prairie ecosystem, but something that someone's created that supports native plants. There's a difference. The picture I link above is tall grass prairie, a tragically endangered ecosystem in Canada and the upper states. The one in the meme is a essentially a big garden.

    Both have value! but one has evolved over time, while the other was recently created. The tallgrass prairie is fantastic for creating fertile soils, and sustaining gargantuan herds of bison (😭) but the one on the right blows it out of the water for pollinator habitat.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    We have a chunk of our yard (about 30x60') dedicated to tall prairie grass! I planted it a few years ago not thinking about how prairies aren't terribly wildflower-dense.

    It was disappointing at first for not being so vibrant, but it's where our dragonflies like to chill so now it's the area I'll protect first. I've even considered watering it a few times when it was very dry, despite drought resistance being part of the point.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    That's actually what my needy Kentucky bluegrass lawn looks like right now lol, most prairie grass lawns in my area are more drought resistant than the "virgin lawns."

    just adding to this cause I found a good picture, really want to get a fine fescue & pollinator mix alone the fine fescue is nice, but the bee pack has super cute flowers

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